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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

ca. 1715 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of hard-paste porcelain, two loop handles, extending from inside, formed as twisted rose stems and extending over surface in modelled and applied foliage and flowers. Creamy paste, slightly greenish glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain), modelled, applied decoration
Brief description
Bowl, hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain), painted in brownish iron-red enamel, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1715
Physical description
Bowl of hard-paste porcelain, two loop handles, extending from inside, formed as twisted rose stems and extending over surface in modelled and applied foliage and flowers. Creamy paste, slightly greenish glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.3cm
Style
Credit line
C. H. Shannon Bequest
Object history
Formerly Shannon Loan 10.
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.202-1937

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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